The Long Home22 reviews William Gay MacAdam/Cage, 2000 THERE'S SHOT WHISKEY, AND THERE'S SIPPIN' WHISKEY... + A Classic Showdown + Standing Ovation + Superb tapestry of Tennessee rural life half a century ago + Powerful             Smonk: A Novel20 reviews Tom Franklin William Morrow, 2006 Darkly Brilliant + One helluva good ride. + Frankklin scores again A dark, obscene, horrific, hillarious, western romp, the likes of which you'll never have read before.             All the Pretty Horses301 reviews Cormac Mccarthy Vintage, 1993 A Masterpiece + A compelling story that sacrifices some of its insight, in favor of action and adventure + A beautiful masterpiece of Western literature + a raw yet elegant coming of age story; hablas espagnol?             Big Woods: The Hunting Stories5 reviews William Faulkner Vintage, 1994 Excellent stories hang together as a novel. + The Bear Complete + his most accessible I'm re-reading this book and really enjoying the stories (read it as tales in a novel). The book really puts different views to various people's ways of looking at the same stories and family histories. Read this and know why Faulkner is considered one of the best American novelists of all time. ...             The Road1608 reviews Cormac McCarthy Knopf, 2006 A Road To Treasure + Carrying the Fire Through The Darkness You know who they are. Those people that get upset when stories are told that aren't a sugar coated version of the world, stories that seem like they were written by authors who truly believe that ignoring cold, hard reality is the best medicine. Cormac McCarthy is not one of those authors. At ...             Boy's Life266 reviews Robert McCammon Pocket, 1992 A Genuine Work of Art + Amazing. + A excellent novel I could not put down + Pretty good book..... + Remarkable!             Undaunted Courage : Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West348 reviews Stephen Ambrose Simon & Schuster, 1997 A Story of True Courage + A gift to all generations of Americans who follow + Must Read + Extraordinary             Cities of the Plain103 reviews Cormac McCarthy Vintage International, 1999 Omit epilogue + The Ending Of Two + My first Cormac McCarthy book I think the epilogue adds nothing to the novel, unless somehow I missed the point entirely. C. M. has elsewhere more skillfully put forth his theme that our destinies are predetermined practically from the "big bang" and that, appearances to the contrary, we really have no choices. The last ...             Poachers: Stories36 reviews Tom Franklin Harper Perennial, 2000 Special + The Best Unknown Southern Author + JESUS IS NOT COMING + An excellent collection of short stories. + Darn good             No Country for Old Men431 reviews Cormac McCarthy Vintage, 2006 One hell of a book + A Great Read Despite Its Problems + No Man's Land + Well written with disturbingly unique character             'Salem's Lot445 reviews Stephen King Pocket, 1999 Small-Town Feel Is The Genius Of This Novel + Vampires at their truest form + Salems Lot + Excellent Vampire Tale + Stands the test of time             Something Wicked This Way Comes205 reviews Ray Bradbury Avon, 1998 A Lyrical Journey Through the Essence of Good and Evil + One of the scariest things I have ever read + A Wicked Good Read This is Bradbury's finest novel, in my opinion. All of Bradbury's fiction is lyrical in nature, but in this work his prose flows quickly and magically from the first page to the last. The book is closer to horror than sci-fi, but I regard it as simply a great novel and believe that its ...             The Orchard Keeper15 reviews Cormac McCarthy Vintage, 1993 The Orchard Keeper reads like a Faulkner novel. + a great beginning + A Twist of Faulkner Cormac McCarthy is best known for his later novels Blood Meridian, The Border Trilogy: All the Pretty Horses, the Crossing, Cities of the Plain, and No Country for Old Men. Set in a remote Tennessee community, his first novel, The Orchard Keeper (1965), first caught the attention of Albert Erskine ...             Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West310 reviews Cormac McCarthy Vintage, 1992 Unflinching Crimson Epic of the Old West + A very good, dark read... + unbridled havoc + The best of McCarthy + Great read, not an "easy" read, but worth the effort             Outer Dark33 reviews Cormac Mccarthy Vintage, 1993 brilliant, disturbing + No country for old faint-hearts! + Outer Dark reads like William Faulkner. + Inner Dark, As Well             Hell at the Breech: A Novel36 reviews Tom Franklin Harper Perennial, 2003 One of the Best Books set in the Deep South + Hell of a Good Book + Wild on the Alabama Frontier + Outstanding. + A GRITTY, REALISTIC PAGE-TURNER             Suttree60 reviews Cormac Mccarthy Vintage, 1992 Great! + Why can't I write like this? This is an amazing book. I finished it in 4 days and started all over again. Not for children though.             The Green Mile696 reviews Stephen King Pocket, 1999 One of the best books I've read + My second walk down the Mile(4.5 stars) + Excellent + The memorable story of Paul Edgecombe and John Coffey + Powerful book.             Cold Mountain1509 reviews Charles Frazier Grove Press, 2006 More than just a 'heroe's quest' + An incredible addition to the canon of modern American literature... + Cold Mountain I started reading this book four years ago, during winter break, and put it down fifty pages in, swearing that I would finish reading it as soon as projects, homework, and life let up. During the four years that I let the book sit, those fifty pages haunted me. I'd already seen the movie, knew how ...             Twilight21 reviews William Gay MacAdam Cage, 2006 EVIL, EVIL EVIL.... + Southern Gothic at its Best + Like Huck Finn with Necrophilia Called a `Southern Gothic' by critics and reviewers, I got interested in this dark tale by Stephen King. He has a column on the last page of Entertainment Weekly (someone gave me a gift subscription and admittedly I have enjoyed this guilty pleasure) He is in the there about once every 3rd week ...